CN214569776U - Novel automatic wire feeding device of splayed nail machine - Google Patents

Novel automatic wire feeding device of splayed nail machine Download PDF

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CN214569776U
CN214569776U CN202120634376.3U CN202120634376U CN214569776U CN 214569776 U CN214569776 U CN 214569776U CN 202120634376 U CN202120634376 U CN 202120634376U CN 214569776 U CN214569776 U CN 214569776U
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The utility model relates to the technical field of auxiliary wire feeding devices of splayed nail machines, in particular to an automatic wire feeding device of a novel splayed nail machine; can prevent effectively that the iron wire is loose and the winding condition together, guarantee the normal operation of eight characters nailing machine, reduce the potential safety hazard, improve production efficiency, including last silk mechanism and thread feeding mechanism, it includes the base to go up silk mechanism, rotate on the base and install the carousel, install the iron wire charging tray on the carousel, thread feeding mechanism includes the frame, be provided with iron roll and drive iron roll pivoted driving motor in the frame, the top of iron roll is provided with the circular slot, and install the brake drum in the circular slot, the brake block in the brake drum outside contacts with the inside wall of circular slot, the top of brake drum is provided with the iron disc, compression spring is installed on the top of iron disc, the outside of iron wire is provided with the godet wheel, the top of frame is provided with the silk wheel that send, send the silk wheel to be located the top of iron disc.

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Novel automatic wire feeding device of splayed nail machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a supplementary thread feeding unit's of eight characters nailing machine technical field especially relates to a novel automatic thread feeding unit of eight characters nailing machine.
Background
As is well known, a tee-nail machine is a machine for cutting an iron wire into a required length and bending the iron wire into a shape like a Chinese character 'ba', and a wire feeding device of the tee-nail machine is an accessory device for feeding the iron wire for the tee-nail machine, and is widely used in the field of machining; the iron wire that send of current eight characters nail machine generally directly places the lapping in the material loading end position of eight characters nail machine, the tip of iron wire is carried through a plurality of guide wheels, send a for eight characters nail machine, because eight characters nail machine is intermittent type nature work, be about to the iron wire and cut off the back, stop sending a silk, then continue to send a silk after bending of accomplishing the iron wire, this kind of mode of sending a silk produces the iron wire loose and twine the condition together very easily, influence normal production, and iron wire itself has very big internal stress, the condition of flicking takes place easily when receiving the extrusion, there is certain potential safety hazard.
Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem to be solved
The utility model provides a to prior art not enough, the utility model provides a can prevent effectively that the iron wire is loose and the winding condition together, guarantee the normal operation of eight characters nailing machine, reduce the potential safety hazard, improve production efficiency's novel eight characters nailing machine's automatic thread feeding device.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: the utility model provides a novel splayed nail machine's automatic thread feeding device, includes last silk mechanism and thread feeding mechanism, it includes the base to go up silk mechanism, rotates on the base and installs the carousel, install the iron wire charging tray on the carousel, thread feeding mechanism includes the frame, is provided with iron roll and drive iron roll pivoted driving motor in the frame, the top of iron roll is provided with the circular slot to install the brake drum in the circular slot, the brake block in the brake drum outside contacts with the inside wall of circular slot, and the top of brake drum is provided with the iron disc, and compression spring is installed on the top of iron disc, the outside of iron wire is provided with the godet wheel, and the top of frame is provided with and send the running wheel, send the running wheel to be located the top of iron disc.
Preferably, a central shaft is arranged in the circular groove, the bottom end of the central shaft is fixedly connected with the middle of the bottom wall in the circular groove, a sleeve is sleeved on the outer side of the central shaft, the brake drum and the iron disc are movably arranged on the outer side of the sleeve, the compression spring is sleeved on the outer side of the central shaft, an adjusting nut is arranged at the top of the compression spring, and the adjusting nut is connected with the central shaft through threads.
Preferably, the feeding device further comprises a tensioning support, the bottom end of the tensioning support is rotatably connected with the top end of the base, the feeding barrel is rotatably arranged at the top of the tensioning support, and a spring mechanism for tensioning the tensioning support is arranged at the top end of the base.
Preferably, the spring mechanism includes connecting axle and extension spring, the one end and the tensioning support connection of connecting axle, the one end and the top of base of extension spring are connected, and the other end and the one end that the tensioning support was kept away from to the connecting axle of extension spring are connected.
Preferably, be provided with the alignment mechanism that carries out the alignment to the iron wire in the frame, alignment mechanism includes first spacing pipe and installs the mounting panel in first spacing pipe rear, one side of mounting panel is provided with alignment wheel and lower alignment wheel on the multiunit, alignment wheel and multiunit are crisscross to be set up down to alignment wheel and multiunit on the multiunit to leave the iron wire passageway between the alignment wheel under alignment wheel and the multiunit on the multiunit.
Preferably, the top of frame is provided with the spacing pipe of second, the spacing pipe of second is vertical setting to the spacing pipe of second is located the input of sending the silk wheel.
Preferably, still include the pivot, the top of iron disc is provided with the mount pad to be provided with the mounting hole on the mount pad, the tip of pivot inserts to in the mounting hole to be provided with the fixing bolt who carries out locking to the pivot on the mount pad, the godet wheel is rotatable to be set up in the outside of pivot.
Preferably, the outside of godet wheel is provided with and carries out spacing fender silk to the iron wire, keep off silk and pivot fixed connection.
(III) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a novel automatic wire drive feed unit of eight characters nailing machine possesses following beneficial effect: the novel automatic wire feeding device of the splayed nail machine is characterized in that an iron wire on an iron wire tray is wound on an iron roller for a plurality of circles and then bypasses a wire guide wheel and a wire feeding wheel to feed wires for the splayed nail machine, a driving motor drives the iron roller to rotate all the time, an iron wire disc on the iron wire tray is opened to realize the wire feeding, the splayed nail machine stops feeding the wires after the splayed nail machine cuts off the iron wire, the iron roller rotates continuously, the iron roller drives a brake drum and the iron disc to synchronously rotate in the same direction through the friction force between the iron roller and the brake drum, the iron wire at the wire feeding wheel is prevented from being loosened, when the splayed nail machine continues to feed the wires, the iron wire is tensioned, the tension force on the iron wire is greater than the friction force between the brake drum and the iron roller, so that the brake drum and the iron disc reset, the iron wire is tightened by the wire guide wheel due to the reciprocating swing of the iron disc along with the intermittent wire feeding of the splayed nail machine, and the iron wire is always kept in the tensioning state in the conveying process, effectively prevent the iron wire loose and the condition of winding together, guarantee the normal operation of eight characters nailing machine, reduce the potential safety hazard, improve production efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the brake drum, the iron disc and the godet wheel of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the wire feeding mechanism of the present invention with the brake drum and the iron disc removed;
in the drawings, the reference numbers: 1. a base; 2. a turntable; 3. an iron wire tray; 4. a frame; 5. an iron roll; 6. a drive motor; 7. a brake drum; 8. an iron plate; 9. a compression spring; 10. a godet wheel; 11. a wire feeding wheel; 12. a central shaft; 13. a sleeve; 14. adjusting the nut; 15. tensioning the bracket; 16. a feed cylinder; 17. a connecting shaft; 18. a tension spring; 19. a first limit tube; 20. mounting a plate; 21. an upper straightening wheel; 22. a lower straightening wheel; 23. a second limiting pipe; 24. a rotating shaft; 25. a mounting seat; 26. fixing the bolt; 27. and (6) blocking the thread.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the automatic wire feeding device of the new type splayed nailing machine of the present invention comprises a wire feeding mechanism and a wire feeding mechanism, wherein the wire feeding mechanism comprises a base 1, a rotary table 2 is rotatably mounted on the base 1, an iron wire tray 3 is mounted on the rotary table 2, the iron wire tray 3 and the rotary table 2 are prior art, the iron wire tray 3 is detachably mounted on the rotary table 2, the wire feeding mechanism comprises a frame 4, an iron roller 5 and a driving motor 6 for driving the iron roller 5 to rotate are arranged on the frame 4, the driving motor 6 selects a speed reduction motor, the rotating speed of the driving motor 6 can be adjusted according to the wire feeding speed and the intermittent time of the splayed nailing machine, so that the rotating angle of the iron roller 5 is less than 180 degrees during the stopping of the feeding between the splayed nailing machines, a circular groove is arranged at the top end of the iron roller 5, a brake drum 7 is mounted in the circular groove, the brake pad outside the brake drum 7 contacts with the inner side wall of the circular groove, an iron disc 8 is arranged at the top end of the brake drum 7, a compression spring 9 is arranged at the top end of the iron disc 8, a yarn guide wheel 10 is arranged on the outer side of the iron wire, a yarn feeding wheel 11 is arranged at the top end of the rack 4, and the yarn feeding wheel 11 is positioned above the iron disc 8; iron wires on an iron wire tray 3 are wound on an iron roller 5 for a plurality of circles and then wound around a wire guide wheel 10 and a wire feeding wheel 11 to feed wires for the splayed nailing machine, a driving motor 6 drives the iron roller 5 to rotate all the time, the iron wire tray on the iron wire tray 3 is opened to realize the wire feeding, the splayed nailing machine stops feeding the wires after the splayed nailing machine cuts the iron wires, the iron roller 5 continuously rotates, the iron roller 5 drives a brake drum 7 and an iron disc 8 to synchronously rotate in the same direction through the friction force between the iron roller 5 and the brake drum 7, the iron wires at the wire feeding wheel 11 are prevented from being loosened, when the splayed nailing machine continues to feed the wires, the iron wires are tensioned, the tension force on the iron wires is larger than the friction force between the brake drum 7 and the iron roller 5, so that the brake drum 7 and the iron disc 8 reset, the iron wire guide wheel 8 performs reciprocating swing to tighten the iron wires along with the intermittent wire feeding of the splayed nailing machine, and the iron wires are kept in a tensioning state all the time in the conveying process, effectively prevent the iron wire loose and the condition of winding together, guarantee the normal operation of eight characters nailing machine, reduce the potential safety hazard, improve production efficiency.
A central shaft 12 is arranged in the circular groove, the bottom end of the central shaft 12 is fixedly connected with the middle part of the inner bottom wall of the circular groove, a sleeve 13 is sleeved on the outer side of the central shaft 12, the brake drum 7 and the iron disc 8 are movably arranged on the outer side of the sleeve 13, the compression spring 9 is sleeved on the outer side of the central shaft 12, and an adjusting nut 14 is arranged on the top of the compression spring 9, the adjusting nut 14 is connected with the central shaft 12 through threads, and by rotating the adjusting nut 14, the pressing force of the iron disc 8 and the brake drum 7 can be adjusted, so that the size of the brake pad opening of the brake drum 7 can be adjusted, the friction force between the brake drum 7 and the circular groove of the iron roller 5 is adjusted, so that when the splayed nailing machine stops feeding wires, the iron roller 5 can drive the brake drum 7 and the iron disc 8 to synchronously rotate, when the splayed nailing machine resumes to feed wires, the brake drum 7 can be driven by the iron disc 8 to rotate reversely for resetting.
The device is characterized by further comprising a tensioning support 15, the bottom end of the tensioning support 15 is rotatably connected with the top end of the base 1, a feeding barrel 16 is rotatably arranged at the top of the tensioning support 15, a spring mechanism for tensioning the tensioning support 15 is arranged at the top end of the base 1, the spring mechanism comprises a connecting shaft 17 and a tension spring 18, one end of the connecting shaft 17 is connected with the tensioning support 15, one end of the tension spring 18 is connected with the top end of the base 1, and the other end of the tension spring 18 is connected with one end, far away from the tensioning support 15, of the connecting shaft 17; iron wire on the iron wire charging tray 3 firstly walks around a feeding barrel 16 and then feeds back straightening mechanism, and through the effect of extension spring 18 and connecting axle 17, tensioning support 15 is tensioned, so that the iron wire is guaranteed to be tensioned between iron wire charging tray 3 and iron roll 5, and feeding barrel 16 unifies the conveying height of the iron wire, and because the iron wire that coils open on iron wire charging tray 3 is at different heights, the iron wire coils open and walks around feeding barrel 16 back and then gives subsequent straightening mechanism.
Be provided with the alignment mechanism that carries out the alignment to the iron wire in frame 4, alignment mechanism includes first spacing pipe 19 and installs in the mounting panel 20 of first spacing pipe 19 rear, one side of mounting panel 20 is provided with alignment wheel 21 and lower alignment wheel 22 on the multiunit, alignment wheel 21 and multiunit down alignment wheel 22 crisscross setting on the multiunit to leave the iron wire passageway between alignment wheel 21 and multiunit down alignment wheel 22 on the multiunit, the iron wire passes first spacing pipe 19 and then carries out the pre-alignment through alignment wheel 21 and multiunit down alignment wheel 22 on the multiunit, then gives following iron roll 5 for the iron wire can evenly twine a plurality of circles on iron roll 5.
The top of frame 4 is provided with the spacing pipe of second 23, the spacing pipe of second 23 is vertical setting to the spacing pipe of second 23 is located wire feeding wheel 11's input, carries on spacingly again to the iron wire through the spacing pipe of second 23, makes the iron wire accurately bypass wire feeding wheel 11.
Still include pivot 24, the top of iron plate 8 is provided with mount pad 25 to be provided with the mounting hole on mount pad 25, the tip of pivot 24 inserts in the mounting hole to be provided with fixing bolt 26 that locks to pivot 24 on mount pad 25, godet wheel 10 is rotatable to be set up in the outside of pivot 24, the outside of godet wheel 10 is provided with and carries out spacing fender silk 27 to the iron wire, keep off silk 27 and pivot 24 fixed connection, loosen fixing bolt 26 soon, can adjust the distance in pivot 24 and godet wheel 10 and the iron plate 8 centre of a circle, then fix pivot 24 through fixing bolt 26, through keeping off silk 27 and godet wheel 10 cooperation, the iron wire plays spacing effect, prevents that the in-process that the iron wire was carried from godet wheel 10, when iron roller 5 rotated certain angle, when also being that fender silk 27 blocks ascending iron wire, when the splayed nailing machine cuts off the iron wire, the iron disc 8 drives the brake drum 7 to return automatically under the action of the tension of the iron wire, and a cycle is completed.
When in use, the iron wire tray 3 is arranged on the turntable 2, the iron wires on the iron wire tray 3 bypass the feeding barrel 16, pass through the first limiting pipe 19, are conveyed between the upper straightening wheel 21 and the lower straightening wheel 22, then bypass the godet wheel 10 after being wound on the iron roller 5 for a plurality of circles, pass through the second limiting pipe 2319, bypass the wire feeding wheel 11 and finally are fed to the splayed nailing machine, the driving motor 6 drives the iron roller 5 to rotate all the time, the iron wire on the iron wire tray 3 is opened to realize wire feeding, the splayed nailing machine stops feeding the wires after the wire is cut off by the splayed nailing machine, the iron roller 5 rotates continuously, the iron roller 5 drives the brake drum 7 and the iron disc 8 to synchronously rotate in the same direction through the friction force between the iron roller 5 and the brake drum 7, the iron wires at the wire feeding wheel 11 are prevented from being loosened, when the splayed nailing machine continues to feed the wires, the iron wires are tensioned, and the tension on the iron wires is greater than the friction force between the brake drum 7 and the iron roller 5, thereby make brake drum 7 and iron disc 8 reset, send the silk along with the intermittent type nature of eight characters nail machine, iron disc 8 carries out reciprocating swing and makes godet wheel 10 tighten up the iron wire for the iron wire remains the tensioning state throughout at transportation process, effectively prevents the iron wire loose and the winding condition together, guarantees eight characters nail machine's normal operation, reduces the potential safety hazard, improves production efficiency.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
The brake drum in the scheme is purchased from the market, and the technical field of technical personnel has common knowledge that the brake drum is pressed to unfold the brake pad for braking.
The electrical components presented in the document are all electrically connected with an external master controller and 220V mains, and the master controller can be a conventional known device controlled by a computer or the like.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a novel automatic wire drive feed unit of eight characters nail machine, its characterized in that, includes last silk mechanism and wire feed mechanism, go up silk mechanism and include base (1), rotate on base (1) and install carousel (2), install iron wire charging tray (3) on carousel (2), wire feed mechanism includes frame (4), is provided with iron roller (5) and drive iron roller (5) pivoted driving motor (6) on frame (4), the top of iron roller (5) is provided with the circular slot to install brake drum (7) in the circular slot, the brake block in the brake drum (7) outside contacts with the inside wall of circular slot, and the top of brake drum (7) is provided with iron disc (8), and compression spring (9) are installed on the top of iron disc (8), the outside of iron wire is provided with godet wheel (10), and the top of frame (4) is provided with wire feed wheel (11), the wire feeding wheel (11) is positioned above the iron disc (8).
2. The automatic wire feeding device of the novel splayed nailing machine according to claim 1, wherein a central shaft (12) is arranged in the circular groove, the bottom end of the central shaft (12) is fixedly connected with the middle of the inner bottom wall of the circular groove, a sleeve (13) is sleeved on the outer side of the central shaft (12), the brake drum (7) and the iron disc (8) are movably mounted on the outer side of the sleeve (13), the compression spring (9) is sleeved on the outer side of the central shaft (12), an adjusting nut (14) is arranged at the top of the compression spring (9), and the adjusting nut (14) is in threaded connection with the central shaft (12).
3. The automatic wire feeding device of the novel splayed nailing machine is characterized by further comprising a tensioning bracket (15), wherein the bottom end of the tensioning bracket (15) is rotatably connected with the top end of the base (1), a feeding barrel (16) is rotatably arranged at the top of the tensioning bracket (15), and a spring mechanism for tensioning the tensioning bracket (15) is arranged at the top end of the base (1).
4. The automatic wire feeding device of the novel splayed nailing machine according to claim 3, wherein the spring mechanism comprises a connecting shaft (17) and a tension spring (18), one end of the connecting shaft (17) is connected with the tensioning bracket (15), one end of the tension spring (18) is connected with the top end of the base (1), and the other end of the tension spring (18) is connected with one end, far away from the tensioning bracket (15), of the connecting shaft (17).
5. The automatic wire feeding device of the novel splayed nail machine according to claim 1, characterized in that a straightening mechanism for straightening iron wires is arranged on the machine frame (4), the straightening mechanism comprises a first limiting pipe (19) and a mounting plate (20) arranged behind the first limiting pipe (19), one side of the mounting plate (20) is provided with a plurality of groups of upper straightening wheels (21) and lower straightening wheels (22), the groups of upper straightening wheels (21) and the groups of lower straightening wheels (22) are arranged in a staggered manner, and an iron wire channel is reserved between the groups of upper straightening wheels (21) and the groups of lower straightening wheels (22).
6. The automatic wire feeder of the novel splayed nailing machine according to claim 1, characterized in that a second limiting pipe (23) is arranged at the top end of the frame (4), the second limiting pipe (23) is vertically arranged, and the second limiting pipe (23) is positioned at the input end of the wire feeding wheel (11).
7. The automatic wire feeding device of the novel splayed nailing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a rotating shaft (24), wherein a mounting seat (25) is arranged at the top end of the iron disc (8), a mounting hole is formed in the mounting seat (25), the end of the rotating shaft (24) is inserted into the mounting hole, a fixing bolt (26) for locking the rotating shaft (24) is arranged on the mounting seat (25), and the wire guide wheel (10) is rotatably arranged on the outer side of the rotating shaft (24).
8. The automatic wire feeding device of the novel splayed nailing machine according to claim 7, characterized in that a wire retaining wire (27) for limiting an iron wire is arranged on the outer side of the godet wheel (10), and the wire retaining wire (27) is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft (24).
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